Title

Mother III: 20

Creator

Zhao, Maozhu

Studio Specialty

Painting

View

Full size

Year

2012

Work Type

painting

Material/Technique

oil on canvas

Dimensions

24"X18"

Artist Statement

Painting someone you know very well is always hard, because you may never feel like you can capture an exact likeness of that person. But making a portrait has a powerful momentum. By analyzing every single detail of a person for hours with one stroke after another stroke you complete a painting. At that point, you realize how strongly you are connected with this person in the portrait. All the memories you had become fresh again. After finishing this series of portrait of my mother, I felt like I finished a biography of her, how she grew up and what she had been through that made her the person she is now and made me the artist painting the way I want now.